Bockagh

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bockagh, from 232 m² to 157,210 m² (15.72 ha, 38.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Bockagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 28 Jul 2026N/a

  Retention Permission & Permission for: 1. Retention of the extension, as constructed, to the existing cottage and retention of the change of use of the cottage from a domestic dwelling to short-term holiday accommodation; 2. Retention of 3 no. glamping pods for use as short-term holiday accommodation; 3. Retention of the utility shed, internal access roads and all associated and ancillary site development works; 4. Permission to decommission the existing wastewater treatment system and to install a new upgraded wastewater treatment system and TER3 Packaged Tertiary treatment system with raised polishing filter area serving the existing cottage and 3 no. glamping pods; and 5. Permission for all associated drainage connections and ancillary site development works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660382

• 26 Jan 2026Refused

  Permission to install upgraded treatment system and percolation area and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660031

• 1 Sept 2025N/a

  Retention Permission for 1. To retain, as constructed, extension to existing cottage and change of use from domestic dwelling to dwelling for short-term holiday letting, 2. To retain 3 no. glamping pods and connection to existing septic tank and 3. To retain utility shed and all ancillary site works, internal roads at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560418

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission for development to include 1. Move front door and window. 2. Kitchen/diner extension (single storey) split level 3. Renovations to make habitable at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2530

• 26 Mar 2025N/a

  Permission to 1. move front door and window, 2. kitchen /diner extension (single storey) split level, 3. Revovations to make habitable at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2523

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bockagh.

Recorded monuments

• RO008-064 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope. Archaeological testing (09E0475) during 2009 on the route of the N5 Ballaghadereen bypass identified a burnt mound (dims c. 12.5m N-S; 10.2m E-W; T 0.7m) (O'Neill 2009, 13). It was fully excavated (10E0300) when it proved to be kidney-shaped (diam. 9-9.5m; max. H 0.55m) overlying a rectangular trough (dims 2.32m E-W; 1m N-S; D c. 0.3m) with 6 stakes at its E end, some timbers in situ on the long sides and a flagged floor. One of the stakes produced a C14 date of 1299-1059 cal. BC, while some of the trough fill produced a C14 date of 1489-1317 cal. BC. (Janes and Delaney 2010; O'Neill 2012) Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 8 February, 2012

• RO008-071 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S and SW-facing slope, with a slight S-N stream c. 100m to the W. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a burnt mound (dims 13.3m NW-SE; 10.5m NE-SW; max. T 0.5m) with traces of a trough, which was set aside for further work as Bockagh 2. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 8-9) It was fully excavated (10E0377) and the mound (dims c. 8.7m x c. 7.8m; T 0.4m) overlay a rectangular trough (dims 1.65m x 0.62m; D 0.3m), which was timber-lined with 18 pegs to keep the timbers in place, and it had a timber base. A fragment of hazel from the trough produced a C14 date of 1900-1740 cal. BC. The burnt mounds (RO008-072001-; RO008-072002-) are c. 100m to the E. (Kyle and Delaney 2011e) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10-02-2012

• RO008-072001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S and SW-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a burnt mound (dims 10m N-S; 9m E-W; max. T 0.35m), which was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 3 (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9). It was completely excavated (10E0378) when the mound (dims 6.2m x 4.2m; T 0.35m) overlay an oval trough (dims 1.8m x 0.8m; D 0.33m) with straight sides cut into the sandy silty clay subsoil. One stone remained in place, and a fragment of hazel produced a C14 date of 1208-1012 BC. A second fulacht fia (RO008-072002-) is c. 5m to the W, and burnt mound (RO008-072003-) is c. 10m to the NW. Further afield fulacht fia (RO008-071----) is c. 100m to the W, and there are three fulachta fia (RO008-073001-; RO008-073002-; RO008-073003-) c. 80m to the ESE. (Kyle and Delaney 2011e) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

• RO008-072002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S and SW-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a burnt mound (dims 8m E-W; 5m N-S; max. T 0.35m), which was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 3. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9) It was completely excavated (10E0378) when the mound (dims 5.1m x 3.6m; T 0.4m) overlay an oval trough (dims 2.3m x 1.3m; D 0.57m) cut in the silty clay subsoil. It was cut by a rectangular trough (dims 1.4m x 1.15m; D 0.28m). Both troughs were filled with stone from the burnt mound. Fulacht fia (RO008-072001-) is c. 5m to the E, while the burnt mound (RO008-072003-) is c. 10m to the N. Further afield the fulacht fia (RO008-071----) is c. 100m to the W and the burnt mounds (RO008-073001-; RO008-073002-; RO008-073003-) are c. 80m to the ESE. (Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. 2011f) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

• RO008-072003 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a gentle S and SW-facing slope. Bokagh 3 was identified as a site during the centre-line testing (10E0298) for the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9) but this mound became distinct only during the resolution stage when half of it was exposed and excavated (10E0378). It appeared as a D-shaped mound of broken and burnt stone (dims 4.2m WNW-ESE; 3.7m NNE-SSW; max. H 0.67m) cut by the limit of the road-take at N. No related features came to light. Fulacht fia (RO008-072002-) is c. 10m to the S and fulacht fia (RO008-072001-) is c. 10m to the SE. N. Further afield the fulacht fia (RO008-071----) is c. 100m to the W and the fulachta fia (RO008-073001-; RO008-073002-; RO008-073003-) are c. 80m to the ESE. (Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. (2011f, 3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

• RO008-073001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a horseshoe-shaped burnt mound (C3) (diam. 14m; max. T 0.5m), which was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 4. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9) Subsequently it was fully excavated (10E0379), which revealed that a rectangular trough (dims 1.91m x 1.59m; D 0.53) was cut through the silty clay subsoil with the upcast from it nearby. A small pit (diam. 0.8m; D 0.15m) nearby might be the base of another trough. These features were covered by a mound of burnt stone (dims 6m x 5m; T 0.25m). (Kyle and Delaney 2011g) Fulacht fia (RO008-073002-) is c. 10m to the SSE, and fulach fia (RO008-073003-) is c. 15m to the SSW. Further afield there are three fulachta fia (RO008-072001-; RO008-072002-; RO008-072003-) c. 80m to the WNW, and the possible hearth (RO008-074----) is c. 80m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

• RO008-073002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass and was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 4. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9) Subsequently it was fully excavated (10E0379) which revealed that an oval trough (dims 2.74m x 1.74m; D 0.64) was cut through peat into the silty clay subsoil, with timbers lining the sides and floor that were almost exclusively alder. A sample of hazel produced a C14 date of 1041-911 cal. BC. These features were covered by a horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt stone (diam. c. 10; T 0.25m), which is earlier than that of the fulacht fia (RO008-073001-) c. 10m to the NNW. (Kyle and Delaney 2011g) Fulacht fia (RO008-073003-) is c. 5m to the SW and (RO008-073001-) is c. 10m to the NNW. Further afield there are three fulachta fia (RO008-072001-; RO008-072002-; RO008-072003-) c. 80m to the WNW, and the possible hearth (RO008-074----) is c. 80m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

• RO008-073003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass when it was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 4. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9) Subsequently it was fully excavated (10E0379) which revealed that a rectangular trough (dims 2.03m x 1.4m; D 0.25) was cut through peat into the silty clay subsoil, with its upcast nearby. Timbers lining the sides and floor were derived from split roundwoods, and were mostly willow, alder and oak. A sample of hazel produced a C14 date of 1115-932 cal. BC. The trough and upcast were covered by a horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt stone (dims 7.7m x 4.9m; T 0.5m). (Kyle and Delaney 2011g) Fulacht fia (RO008-073002-) is c. 5m to the NE, and fulacht fia (RO008-073001-) is c 10m to the NNE. Further afield there are three fulachta fia (RO008-072001-; RO008-072002-; RO008-072003-) c. 80m to the WNW, and the possible hearth (RO008-074----) is c. 80m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2010

• RO008-074 Hearth
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a spread of burnt material with charcoal (diam. 2m; max. T 0.1m) with a possible pit nearby, which was set aside for further work as Bockagh 5 (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9). It was subsequently fully excavated (10E0380) as a single deposit of heat-affected stone and charcoal. Although there is no sign of burning, it may be a hearth. The fulachta fia (RO008-073001-; RO008-073002-; RO008-073003-) are c. 80m to the NW, and are probably unrelated. (Kyle and Delaney 2011h) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bockagh.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bockagh.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Bockagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Bockagh · Bocach

Area

1,805,533 m² (180.55 ha, 446.16 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcolman, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Ballaghaderreen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballaghaderreen electoral division: 3,254 people in 1,218 households; 58% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attiantaggart, Ballyoughter, Bohalas, Brogher, Coolaghtane, Derrynagur, Kilkeeran, Tonregee, Toobrackan

Placenames

Bockagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.